PRESS RELEASE

07.03.2016

Russian Athletic Federation (RusAF) pays great attention towards all and every signal related to violations of the Anti - doping Rules and will hold a careful investigation of the alleged facts of violations in Russian athletics, shown in the new ARD documentary.

On Sunday, March 6th, 2016, WRD, one of the German TV Channels, showed the third documentary by Hajo Seppelt, which contained information about two violations with regard to Russian coaches Vladimir Mokhnev and Yuri Gordeev.

Dmitry Shlyakhtin, President of RusAF, entrusted RusAF Commission for Investigation to thoroughly analyze all episodes shown in the film and to present the results of a detailed investigation in each particular case.

RusAF conducts an uncompromising struggle against doping, enourmous amount of work has been already done with the main goal to bring our athletes back to the international arena, we are transparent in all our activities, we are open for a strategic cooperation and partnership with IAAF and WADA and we will not allow certain individuals to cast suspicion on Russian athletics.